{"id":7,"date":"2024-08-06T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/russellkrane.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:43:00","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/russellkrane.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE DEAD OUTSIDE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/russellkrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/71xsEJT6XML._SY466_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russellkrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/71xsEJT6XML._SY466_.jpg 311w, https:\/\/russellkrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/71xsEJT6XML._SY466_-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do the dead grieve for the living?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plagued by nightmares of his dead wife, Max resurrects her in a desperate, alcohol-fueled frenzy. His gruesome act returns them to their wedded bliss, but his unearthly endeavor leads to a ghastly chain of events that quickly spirals out of control. She uses all the pain and darkness that haunted her in life to torture her once dear husband and everyone around him. She strikes the living with a vengeance borne from beyond the grave. Russell Krane\u2019s debut masterpiece explores boundaries the living take for granted: those between reality and illusion, now and forever, and most of all, life and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you could spend eternity with the one you love, what price would you be willing to pay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DEAD-OUTSIDE-Russell-Krane\/dp\/1689452781\/\">Buy on Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PENNY PERNICIOUS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/russellkrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Penny-Pernicious-Cover-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russellkrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Penny-Pernicious-Cover-2.jpg 612w, https:\/\/russellkrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Penny-Pernicious-Cover-2-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Penny Pernicious has always been there. Always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A man disfigured by brain tumors and endless surgeries has trouble with his memory. But sitting in Penny Pernicious, a dive bar that reeks of failure, his life comes back to him in horrifying detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell Krane&#8217;s final novel is as gripping and thought-provoking as his first and begs the question, &#8220;How long will it take before you&#8217;re ready for death?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Penny-Pernicious-Russell-Krane-ebook\/dp\/B0FM4K3KH6\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NGO5M4H5J3CR&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.zvBWjNSdGZS5HVlTOPtia4DIL8pppJ0Eui0FO9DitZscSu7WBIZmgHvo_DDMwUTy.4fNYxA6hwuW3F0VT39mJuHKazp5TdKNxbmIbTkkgjXM&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=penny+pernicious&amp;qid=1764436854&amp;sprefix=penny+pernicious%2Caps%2C138&amp;sr=8-1\">Buy on Amazon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE DEAD OUTSIDE Do the dead grieve for the living? Plagued by nightmares of his dead wife, Max resurrects her in a desperate, alcohol-fueled frenzy. His gruesome act returns them to their wedded bliss, but his unearthly endeavor leads to a ghastly chain of events that quickly spirals out of control. 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